#A38ECB#A38ECB

#A38ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38ECB
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 20.26, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 35.04, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0452 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.091 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5544, 31.4442, 60.6846)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38ECB #B6CB8E

analogous

#8E97CB #A38ECB #C28ECB

triadic

#A38ECB #CBA38E #8ECBA3

tetradic

#A38ECB #CB8E97 #B6CB8E #8ECBC2

square

#A38ECB #CB8E97 #B6CB8E #8ECBC2

split-complementary

#A38ECB #CBC28E #97CB8E

monochromatic

#624698 #8164B8 #A38ECB #C5B8DE #E7E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A38ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A38ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38ECB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38ECB	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C97A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafdb',
    500: '#a38ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ecb;
$custom-light: #bfafdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38ECB

secondary

#DDE4D1

accent

#B03686

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38ECB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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